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diff --git a/manifesto.html b/manifesto.html index 8092c74..e2b2a59 100644 --- a/manifesto.html +++ b/manifesto.html @@ -8,69 +8,74 @@ <a href="index.html">Documentation Index</a> - <h1>Guerilla Open Access Manifesto</h1> - -<pre> -Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for -themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries -in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of -private corporations. Want to read the papers featuring the most famous results of the -sciences? You'll need to send enormous amounts to publishers like Reed Elsevier. - -There are those struggling to change this. The Open Access Movement has fought -valiantly to ensure that scientists do not sign their copyrights away but instead ensure -their work is published on the Internet, under terms that allow anyone to access it. But -even under the best scenarios, their work will only apply to things published in the future. -Everything up until now will have been lost. - -That is too high a price to pay. Forcing academics to pay money to read the work of their -colleagues? Scanning entire libraries but only allowing the folks at Google to read them? -Providing scientific articles to those at elite universities in the First World, but not to -children in the Global South? It's outrageous and unacceptable. - -"I agree," many say, "but what can we do? The companies hold the copyrights, they -make enormous amounts of money by charging for access, and it's perfectly legal - -there's nothing we can do to stop them." But there is something we can, something that's -already being done: we can fight back. - -Those with access to these resources - students, librarians, scientists - you have been -given a privilege. You get to feed at this banquet of knowledge while the rest of the world -is locked out. But you need not - indeed, morally, you cannot keep this privilege for -yourselves. You have a duty to share it with the world. And you have: trading passwords -with colleagues, filling download requests for friends. - - - -Meanwhile, those who have been locked out are not standing idly by. You have been -sneaking through holes and climbing over fences, liberating the information locked up by -the publishers and sharing them with your friends. - -But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It's called stealing or -piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral equivalent of plundering a -ship and murdering its crew. But sharing isn't immoral - it's a moral imperative. Only -those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy. - -Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate -require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less. And the politicians they -have bought off back them, passing laws giving them the exclusive power to decide who -can make copies. - -There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the -grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public -culture. - -We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with -the world. We need to take stuff that's out of copyright and add it to the archive. We need -to buy secret databases and put them on the Web. We need to download scientific -journals and upload them to file sharing networks. We need to fight for Guerilla Open -Access. - -With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the -privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a thing of the past. Will you join us? - -Aaron Swartz - -July 2008, Eremo, Italy -</pre> + <h1>c9 Manifesto</h1> + + <p>There is no c9 manifesto but a collection of manifestos found on the + Internet that share same vision. Hope you share the same vision.</p> + + <h2>Guerilla Open Access Manifesto</h2> + + <pre> + Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for + themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries + in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of + private corporations. Want to read the papers featuring the most famous results of the + sciences? You'll need to send enormous amounts to publishers like Reed Elsevier. + + There are those struggling to change this. The Open Access Movement has fought + valiantly to ensure that scientists do not sign their copyrights away but instead ensure + their work is published on the Internet, under terms that allow anyone to access it. But + even under the best scenarios, their work will only apply to things published in the future. + Everything up until now will have been lost. + + That is too high a price to pay. Forcing academics to pay money to read the work of their + colleagues? Scanning entire libraries but only allowing the folks at Google to read them? + Providing scientific articles to those at elite universities in the First World, but not to + children in the Global South? It's outrageous and unacceptable. + + "I agree," many say, "but what can we do? The companies hold the copyrights, they + make enormous amounts of money by charging for access, and it's perfectly legal - + there's nothing we can do to stop them." But there is something we can, something that's + already being done: we can fight back. + + Those with access to these resources - students, librarians, scientists - you have been + given a privilege. You get to feed at this banquet of knowledge while the rest of the world + is locked out. But you need not - indeed, morally, you cannot keep this privilege for + yourselves. You have a duty to share it with the world. And you have: trading passwords + with colleagues, filling download requests for friends. + + + + Meanwhile, those who have been locked out are not standing idly by. You have been + sneaking through holes and climbing over fences, liberating the information locked up by + the publishers and sharing them with your friends. + + But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It's called stealing or + piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral equivalent of plundering a + ship and murdering its crew. But sharing isn't immoral - it's a moral imperative. Only + those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy. + + Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate + require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less. And the politicians they + have bought off back them, passing laws giving them the exclusive power to decide who + can make copies. + + There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the + grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public + culture. + + We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with + the world. We need to take stuff that's out of copyright and add it to the archive. We need + to buy secret databases and put them on the Web. We need to download scientific + journals and upload them to file sharing networks. We need to fight for Guerilla Open + Access. + + With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the + privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a thing of the past. Will you join us? + + Aaron Swartz + + July 2008, Eremo, Italy + </pre> </body> </html> |